A low pressure area is persisting over southeast Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood, north Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal extending up to 1.5 km above mean sea level. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), under this influence, several districts of Odisha may witness heavy rainfall.
The regional centre of the IMD issued a yellow warning starting from morning of June 21 till June 22. During this period, thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nuapada, Bolangir, Sonepur, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam and Bargarh.
Similarly from June 22 till June 23 morning, heavy rainfall is very likely to lash the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Nuapada, and Sonepur. During the period, thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bolangir, Bargarh, Boudh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Balasore.